2021 National Leaders First Downs - Games vs. FBS Power 5 Conference Teams Only through 01/10/2022

Name G Rush Pass Penalty Total Total/G
1 SMU 1 19 10 0 29 29.0
2 Virginia 9 56 175 21 252 28.0
3 Western Kentucky 2 15 37 3 55 27.5
3 Fresno State 2 13 36 6 55 27.5
5 Ohio State 11 89 194 15 298 27.1
6 Coastal Carolina 1 13 12 2 27 27.0
7 Wake Forest 11 98 156 37 291 26.5
8 Mississippi State 10 54 183 27 264 26.4
9 USC 9 78 129 27 234 26.0
9 Utah State 2 20 25 7 52 26.0
9 UTSA 1 10 14 2 26 26.0
12 Utah 11 137 113 27 277 25.2
13 Liberty 2 28 17 5 50 25.0
14 Mississippi 10 115 118 15 248 24.8
15 Oklahoma State 10 104 113 30 247 24.7
16 UCLA 10 127 100 18 245 24.5
17 Pittsburgh 11 91 156 21 268 24.4
18 Purdue 11 51 189 24 264 24.0
19 Alabama 11 83 163 17 263 23.9
20 Miami (Florida) 10 70 132 36 238 23.8
21 Tennessee 10 117 96 20 233 23.3
21 BYU 7 85 69 9 163 23.3
23 Florida Atlantic 1 5 13 5 23 23.0
24 Oregon 12 142 116 16 274 22.8
25 Georgia 13 130 140 24 294 22.6
25 Oregon State 10 127 84 15 226 22.6
27 Maryland 11 96 137 15 248 22.5
27 North Carolina 10 112 89 24 225 22.5
29 Kentucky 10 115 95 14 224 22.4
29 Notre Dame 10 70 129 25 224 22.4
31 Western Michigan 2 11 27 6 44 22.0
31 Louisiana-Lafayette 1 6 15 1 22 22.0
33 Army 3 46 12 7 65 21.7
34 Oklahoma 11 92 127 17 236 21.5
34 Iowa State 11 76 140 20 236 21.5
34 Duke 10 90 108 17 215 21.5
34 Tulsa 2 11 26 6 43 21.5
38 Arizona 9 77 89 27 193 21.4
39 Michigan 12 131 106 19 256 21.3
39 Arkansas 10 121 79 13 213 21.3
41 Louisville 10 93 98 19 210 21.0
41 Kent State 3 28 25 10 63 21.0
41 UCF 2 22 16 4 42 21.0
41 Hawai'i 2 11 25 6 42 21.0
41 North Texas 1 12 8 1 21 21.0
41 Troy 1 8 10 3 21 21.0
41 Ball State 1 5 12 4 21 21.0
48 Florida 9 74 103 11 188 20.9
49 West Virginia 12 94 134 21 249 20.8
49 Auburn 9 70 101 16 187 20.8
51 Nebraska 10 80 113 14 207 20.7
52 Minnesota 11 125 84 18 227 20.6
52 TCU 10 100 92 14 206 20.6
52 Washington State 9 73 100 12 185 20.6
55 North Carolina State 9 52 115 15 182 20.2
56 Wisconsin 10 109 77 15 201 20.1
56 Florida State 9 73 85 23 181 20.1
58 Missouri 9 77 87 16 180 20.0
58 Central Michigan 3 21 34 5 60 20.0
58 Louisiana Tech 2 11 24 5 40 20.0
58 Middle Tennessee 1 9 11 0 20 20.0
58 Miami (Ohio) 1 6 12 2 20 20.0
63 Texas 10 94 94 11 199 19.9
64 Michigan State 11 84 115 19 218 19.8
65 Texas Tech 10 82 102 13 197 19.7
65 Texas A&M 9 75 87 15 177 19.7
67 LSU 10 73 102 20 195 19.5
68 Baylor 11 108 92 12 212 19.3
68 Penn State 11 69 130 13 212 19.3
70 Arizona State 10 102 80 9 191 19.1
71 Tulane 2 15 20 3 38 19.0
71 Appalachian State 1 11 8 0 19 19.0
71 Boise State 1 6 12 1 19 19.0
71 Buffalo 1 6 11 2 19 19.0
71 Texas State 1 5 10 4 19 19.0
76 Georgia Tech 9 72 79 19 170 18.9
77 Boston College 9 88 62 18 168 18.7
78 Clemson 11 92 91 22 205 18.6
78 Syracuse 9 94 59 14 167 18.6
80 Ohio 2 17 18 2 37 18.5
80 Charlotte 2 12 22 3 37 18.5
82 California 10 80 91 12 183 18.3
83 Virginia Tech 10 95 70 15 180 18.0
83 Georgia State 2 23 11 2 36 18.0
83 Air Force 1 11 7 0 18 18.0
83 San Jose State 1 3 14 1 18 18.0
87 South Florida 2 15 15 5 35 17.5
88 Stanford 11 52 111 27 190 17.3
88 South Carolina 10 76 78 19 173 17.3
90 Kansas State 11 80 96 13 189 17.2
91 Cincinnati 2 16 15 3 34 17.0
91 Houston 2 13 19 2 34 17.0
91 Old Dominion 1 8 9 0 17 17.0
94 Iowa 12 74 105 22 201 16.8
94 Northwestern 10 80 77 11 168 16.8
96 Kansas 10 74 84 9 167 16.7
97 Rutgers 11 97 69 15 181 16.5
97 Illinois 10 78 70 17 165 16.5
97 Washington 10 65 84 16 165 16.5
97 San Diego State 2 22 7 4 33 16.5
97 Nevada 2 10 21 2 33 16.5
97 Rice 2 9 18 6 33 16.5
103 Vanderbilt 9 67 64 13 144 16.0
103 Colorado State 2 12 20 0 32 16.0
105 Massachusetts 3 15 22 8 45 15.0
105 Louisiana-Monroe 2 10 14 6 30 15.0
105 Arkansas State 1 5 9 1 15 15.0
108 Indiana 9 58 56 17 131 14.6
109 Akron 2 7 18 4 29 14.5
110 Connecticut 3 15 22 5 42 14.0
111 Colorado 11 75 57 19 151 13.7
112 Northern Illinois 2 15 9 2 26 13.0
112 South Alabama 1 6 6 1 13 13.0
114 Temple 2 11 12 2 25 12.5
115 East Carolina 1 6 5 1 12 12.0
115 Memphis 1 5 6 1 12 12.0
117 New Mexico State 2 8 13 2 23 11.5
117 Bowling Green 2 5 14 4 23 11.5
119 UAB 1 8 1 2 11 11.0
119 Georgia Southern 1 5 3 3 11 11.0
119 Southern Mississippi 1 3 7 1 11 11.0
122 Florida International 1 2 6 2 10 10.0
123 UNLV 2 9 7 2 18 9.0
123 New Mexico 1 7 2 0 9 9.0
125 Eastern Michigan 1 0 2 1 3 3.0